10,000 Birds
JULY 30, 2014
I bring this up not to boast (well, not much) but because I think that this approach to wildlife travel is somewhat neglected in birding circles. Read most accounts of how birders see birds outside their patch and one way or another, they’re tourists. Ugandan Mangabeys were part of my family once.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 21, 2014
Other birders might however owe their very lives to this neglect. A small brown bird. Boy, this pic (and bird) was surely worth the wait. On the contrary, it may very well be one of the most dangerous bird species in Asia, if not the world. ” Birds Indonesia prinias' Many birders might regret this one day.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
I’m missing my family and that probably doesn’t leave me in the best frame of mind to write. Especially because my summer birds are gone. My friends with boats tell me of some great birds that are still around, of Ivory Gulls and Black-legged Kittewakes , of Arctic Terns and Dovkies. No shorebirds remain.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 30, 2018
And yet…take a closer look and you won’t find any hummingbirds acting like cute little singing birds ready to perch on the finger of some lost, happy princess. And that begs the question, anthropocentric comparisons aside, what makes a bird a jerk? So easy to love, admire and cherish! Maybe even pyschos.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 12, 2011
As the evenings darken and night draws in, some of us are forced to spend more time at home with our families instead of out in the field. But please also consider that the subject of this exercise is an image gained without having to disturb a hungry bird refuelling during its migration. Take the Wood Sandpiper above as an example.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 8, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / The plovers of Estero Lagoon, Florida The plovers of Estero Lagoon, Florida By James • March 8, 2011 • 1 comment Tweet Share For as long as I can remember I’ve been fascinated by shorebirds.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2023
Christian Cooper comes on screen about two-and-a-half minutes into The Central Park Effect , appreciating a Prothonotary Warbler at ‘the Point’ while telephoning a friend with the news (this is pre-text group), a nice hint of the collegial networks that underlie Central Park birding. Memoirs are rare in the birding world.
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